PAWV Announces Recent Changes to its Board of Directors

​The PAWV Board of Directors are volunteers from across the state who are dedicated to preserving our Mountain State’s cultural resources. The board is comprised of four officers, three members representing each of the Congressional Districts, at-large members, and ex-officio members from different state agencies. Each year, PAWV holds an annual meeting to vote on who will sit on its Board of Directors. The most recent meeting was held on September 21 during the 11th Annual Historic Preservation Awards banquet. PAWV voted for three new individuals to join the board and for a new Vice President. 

​The 2020 officers are President Logan Smith of Elkins, Vice President Paula McClain of Morgantown, Secretary Phyllis Baxter of Elkins, and Treasurer Cris Green of Clarksburg. Paula is a newly elected officer for PAWV and is looking forward to her new post. She says, 

The past couple of years have given me an amazing opportunity to learn about the diversity of West Virginia’s rich cultural heritage, and although I’m relatively new to the state, I’m proud to call it my adopted home. I’m so excited to be kicking off my second year with PAWV and hope that my role as an officer will allow me the chance to get more people from all walks of life engaged in the work that we’re doing.

Kirsten Lilly

Betsy Sweeny

Robert Enoch

New board members are Robert Enoch, of Parkersburg and from Wheeling, Kirsten Lilly and Betsy Sweeny. These three new board members all represent the first Congressional District and will help PAWV to increase its services in Ohio and Wood Counties.

Kirsten is a licensed attorney working at the United States Attorney’s Office where she is an Asset Forfeiture Contractor. She has a wealth of experience in historic preservation and recently helped to secure over $1 million in funding for the Ryan Brown Addiction Prevention and Recovery Fund for the WV Division of Health & Human Resources.

Betsy Sweeny joined the Wheeling Heritage team as its Historic Preservation Program Manager earlier this year where she is leading history-related projects, facilitating technical assistance for historic building owners, and overseeing the organization’s historic preservation grants and contracts.

Robert Enoch formerly served on the PAWV Board of Directors in the early 2000s and is the President of the Wood County Historical and Preservation Society. He is the recipient of PAWV’s 2018 Dr. Emory Kemp Lifetime Achievement Award.

Membership on the PAWV Board of Directors is for a two or three-year term period. Officer positions are elected annually. For a full list of the PAWV Board of Directors, visit https://www.pawv.org/staff.html.